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| Original Title: | Runemarks (Runemarks, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0385611307 (ISBN13: 9780385611305) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Runemarks #1 |
Joanne Harris
Hardcover | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 3.74 | 7515 Users | 918 Reviews
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| Title | : | Runemarks (Runemarks #1) |
| Author | : | Joanne Harris |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | August 2nd 2007 by Doubleday (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Mythology. Fiction |
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Master storyteller Joanne Harris has created a magical and epic romp– a fresh, funny, and wonderfully irreverent new take on the old Norse tales, sure to be enjoyed by readers young and old. Seven o’clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. . . . Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith’s world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours – all of these were supposedly vanquished centuries ago. But Maddy knows that a small bit of magic has survived. The “ruinmark” she was born with on her palm proves it – and makes the other villagers fearful that she is a witch (though helpful in dealing with the goblins-in-the-cellar problem). But the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy’s mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.Rating Appertaining To Books Runemarks (Runemarks #1)
Ratings: 3.74 From 7515 Users | 918 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Runemarks (Runemarks #1)
Characters: MADDY is an excellent heroine. She's not too perfect, but well-meaning, brave, daring, and affectionate without mush. She's not fluffy or weepy and she doesn't have an attitude. If in the one part she's momentarily whiny it's understandable and she stops very soon. And can she throw a mind bolt! ONE-EYE, Odin, is a puzzle to Maddy. Her friend, mentor; but is he only utilizing her?LOKI--unpredictable. Charming; scarred; a rogue; snarky to the limit, with a dark past. If you asked him3.5 starsThe Nordic mythical foundations of this book were well utilised, conforming to known stories in parts and freely reimagined in others. The initial part of the book was especially well done; though it begins with the usual young protagonist coming into their powers, the runemarks and character of Maddy Smith gave it a real freshness and appeal.However, the book felt stretched, pushed well past the moment when all the reader's attention is firmly focused. By the time of the big battle
Joanne Harris... well, it was a love at first word with her and has been so ever since. I have NEVER read a book by her and felt disappointment, regret or mixed feelings. She is a unique human being that has been blessed with the magic of writing and brings joy to the world with ther storytelling.This is Joanne Harris's first novel for young adults. Its the story of maddy Smith a fourteen year old girl who lives in the distant future in a world entirely different to ours. Maddie is born with a
This felt like such a long book...And maybe it isn't the book's fault. Maybe my reading A Conjuring of Light at the same time and being fully immersed in that story didn't leave enough room for this one.
Final rating: 4.25/5 starsFinal rating - for the whole series: 3.5/5 starsI have read this book first in 2011. Back then I did not even theorize this could get a sequel. But it has. And I am glad for it. This book can be seen as stand-alone book but there were some loose ends for which I didn't give this book five stars. Neither will I this time, but in any case, it deserves to be 4.25. And, damn I forgot how much this book was fun and enjoyable to read. I usually don't change the date read to
Joanne Harris has written a fast-moving story with a young heroine, 14 at the time of the dramatic action, set 500 years after Ragnorok in a world that derives from Norse myth.I've read dozens of books of myth and folktale over the years, as well as books that draw inspiration from the originals, and Harris's creation is fresh and satisfying.
AWESOME! I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK, DO YOU HEAR ME? AWESOME! "Runemarks" is based on Norse Mythology, and the witty and surprisingly colorful cast of characters includes many Norse Gods (including Loki the Trickster, Odin the All-Father, and Thor the Thunderer), several hilarious goblins (my favorite of which was named Sugar-&-Sacke), and quite a few persnickety, clever, and downright serendipitous humans (including Nat Parson, his wife Ethelberta who is not all she seems, and the uptight
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